An expansion to the Medicines Manufacturing Innovation Centre (MMIC) at Monash University has been officially opened, with a project through the centre also awarded funding to develop a new therapeutic agent. The MMIC will help medicines manufacturers invest in R&D and develop new products and skills, according to the Victorian government, which backed the centre…
A new Hydrogen and Renewable Energy Training Facility and Advanced Manufacturing Skills Lab at Bohle TAFE, collectively representing $18.29 million in new investments, have been officially opened by Queensland premier Steven Miles. According to a joint statement from Miles and three state ministers on Wednesday, the new facilities at the Townsville campus would help meet…
Incitec Pivot has announced that negotiations with Indonesia’s PT Pupuk Kalimantan Timur (PKT) have ended, following weeks of discussions, with Incitec saying it continues to explore options for splitting its fertiliser and explosive divisions. As reported by @AuManufacturing and others in May, Incitec was in “advanced negotiations” with Indonesia’s PKT on a potential sale of…
Adelaide’s Axiom Precision Manufacturing and Newcastle’s Nupress Group have been contracted by Lockheed Martin to produce precision machined components for the next-generation Orion spacecraft. With origins in automotive and toolmaking, the companies are capitalising on the opportunities that advanced Australian manufacturers can access by diversifying into space. The Orion spacecraft will be the primary astronaut…
Corvus Technology Solutions has secured the contract to build nearly 2,000 vehicle suspension units for the Australian Army’s new Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV). This new partnership will make Corvus one of the top suppliers to Hanwha Defence Australia in the manufacture of the new platform for the Army. Fourteen of the suspension units are…
Cellular medicines developer Mesoblast has resubmitted its BLA for approval of Ryoncil (remestemcel-L) in the treatment of children with SR-aGVHD. Remestemcel-L is being developed for inflammatory diseases in children and adults, including steroid-refractory acute graft versus host disease, and biologic-resistant inflammatory bowel disease. It was only in March that the Food and Drug Administration decided…
By Xavier Orr After nearly 13 years with Advanced Navigation, I have made the difficult decision to retire as Co-CEO. While it comes with a heavy heart, I will be taking time off to focus on a family health matter. In 2012, Chris Shaw and I started the company from a garage in Subiaco, Western…
Energys and Telstra have officially commissioned five hydrogen-powered backup generators at critical regional mobile phone towers around Victoria. The Victorian Minister for Energy & Resources Lily D’Ambrosio was on hand to inspect the final site, which came online at Neerim North in East Gippsland (pictured). The Hydrogen Fuel Cell Generators, manufactured by Energys at their…
Carbon capture technology company KC8 Capture Technologies has raised $10 million to accelerate the deployment of its technology to critical and hard-to-abate industries. The funding round was led by local and global leaders in energy, construction and chemical manufacturing including Woodside Energy, Cemex Ventures (Cemex), and a major petrochemical company. Founded in 2021, KC8 technology…
The federal government has announced an investment of $2.5 million from its TAFE Technology Fund, with another $1 million from Charles Darwin University, to establish a Technical Trades Training Centre at CDU’s Katherine campus. In a statement from the government on Tuesday, it said that the $3.5 million project will help meet training in current…
